Comparitive Study to Assess the Level of Social and Emotional Adjustment among Adolescents

The objectives of the study were 1) to assess the level of social adjustment and emotional adjustment among adolescents 2) to compare the level of social and emotional adjustment among adolescents 3) to find out the association between level of social adjustment and emotional adjustment among adolescents studying in selected urban and rural pre-university colleges and their selected demographic variables. The study involves descriptive approach and the design was a comparative descriptive design. The urban and rural pre-university colleges were selected by purposive sampling technique whereas sample of the study was selected by proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The sample size was 500 adolescents, 250 each from rural and urban pre-university College, Mangalore. The investigator collected the data for analysis and interpretation, using standardized scale like Adjustment Inventory for School Students (AISS) developed by A. K. P. Sinha and R. P. Singh. In order to examine the proposed association the data was tabulated, analyzed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics.

The result revealed that majority of the adolescents in rural and urban Pre-university College had average level of social adjustment whereas very minimal number of subjects in rural and urban had obtained excellent level of social adjustment. Regarding emotional adjustment, majority of the subjects in rural and urban Pre-university College had good level of emotional adjustment whereas very minimal number of subjects in rural as well as in urban had very unsatisfactory level of emotional adjustment. There was no significant difference between the social adjustment and emotional adjustment of adolescents studying in selected urban and rural pre-university colleges. There was significant association between level of social adjustment and emotional adjustment among adolescents studying in rural and urban Pre-university College with their selected demographic variables.